Chords for Beauty School Dropout (From “Grease”)
Tempo:
74.8 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
Eb
Bb
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb]
Your story sad to tell, [Fm] a teenage ne'er [Bb] do well,
[Gm] Most mixed up, non [Cm]-delinquent, on [Fm] the block.
[Gm] Your future so unclear [C] now, [Ab] what's left of your [Db] career now?
Can't [Eb] even get a trade in [B] on your smile.
[Bb] [Eb]
[Cm] [F] [Bb] [Gm]
[Cm] [Fm] [Bb] [Eb] Beauty school dropout, [Cm] [Fm] no graduation day [Bb] for you.
[Eb] Beauty school [Cm] dropout, [Ab] missed your midterms and [Bb] flunked shampoo.
[Eb] Well, at least you [Cm] could have taken time [Fm] to wash and [Bb] clean your clothes up.
[Gm] After spending [Cm] all that dough that I [Fm] have, the doctor [Bb] fixed your nose up.
[Eb] Baby, get moving.
[Cm] Why [Fm] keep your feeble hopes [Bb] alive?
What [Eb] are you proving?
[Cm] [Ab] You've got the dream, but [Bb] not the drive.
[Eb] If you go for your diploma, [Ab] you could join a [Db] steno crew.
Turn [Eb] in your T's and comb and go back to high school.
[Cm] [B]
Beauty [E] school dropout, [Dbm] hanging [Gbm] around the corner [B] store.
Beauty [E] school dropout, [Dbm] [A] you knew [B] the score.
[E] Well, they couldn't teach [Dbm] you anything.
[Gbm] You'd think you're such [B] a lucker, but [Abm] no customer [Dbm] would go to you,
[Gbm] unless she was a [Db] hooker.
[B] Baby, [E] don't sweat it.
[Dbm] You're not [Gbm] cut out to [B] hold a job.
Better [E] forget it.
[Dbm] Who [A] wants their hair done [B] by a slob?
[E] Now your bangs are curled, your lashes [A] twirled.
Still the [D] world is cruel.
Wipe off that angel face, go back [E] to high school.
[B] [E] Baby, don't blow it.
[Dbm] [Gbm] Don't put my good [B] advice to shame.
[E] Baby, you know it.
[A] Even dear Ivy would [B] say the same.
[E] Now I've called the shot, get off the pot.
[A] I really [D] gotta fly.
[Em] Gotta [Dbm] be going to that [Gbm] mall shop [B] in [Ab]
the [E] sky.
Beauty school dropout, go back to high school.
Beauty school dropout, go back to high [Dbm] school.
[E] Beauty school [Dbm] dropout, [E] go back to high school.
Your story sad to tell, [Fm] a teenage ne'er [Bb] do well,
[Gm] Most mixed up, non [Cm]-delinquent, on [Fm] the block.
[Gm] Your future so unclear [C] now, [Ab] what's left of your [Db] career now?
Can't [Eb] even get a trade in [B] on your smile.
[Bb] [Eb]
[Cm] [F] [Bb] [Gm]
[Cm] [Fm] [Bb] [Eb] Beauty school dropout, [Cm] [Fm] no graduation day [Bb] for you.
[Eb] Beauty school [Cm] dropout, [Ab] missed your midterms and [Bb] flunked shampoo.
[Eb] Well, at least you [Cm] could have taken time [Fm] to wash and [Bb] clean your clothes up.
[Gm] After spending [Cm] all that dough that I [Fm] have, the doctor [Bb] fixed your nose up.
[Eb] Baby, get moving.
[Cm] Why [Fm] keep your feeble hopes [Bb] alive?
What [Eb] are you proving?
[Cm] [Ab] You've got the dream, but [Bb] not the drive.
[Eb] If you go for your diploma, [Ab] you could join a [Db] steno crew.
Turn [Eb] in your T's and comb and go back to high school.
[Cm] [B]
Beauty [E] school dropout, [Dbm] hanging [Gbm] around the corner [B] store.
Beauty [E] school dropout, [Dbm] [A] you knew [B] the score.
[E] Well, they couldn't teach [Dbm] you anything.
[Gbm] You'd think you're such [B] a lucker, but [Abm] no customer [Dbm] would go to you,
[Gbm] unless she was a [Db] hooker.
[B] Baby, [E] don't sweat it.
[Dbm] You're not [Gbm] cut out to [B] hold a job.
Better [E] forget it.
[Dbm] Who [A] wants their hair done [B] by a slob?
[E] Now your bangs are curled, your lashes [A] twirled.
Still the [D] world is cruel.
Wipe off that angel face, go back [E] to high school.
[B] [E] Baby, don't blow it.
[Dbm] [Gbm] Don't put my good [B] advice to shame.
[E] Baby, you know it.
[A] Even dear Ivy would [B] say the same.
[E] Now I've called the shot, get off the pot.
[A] I really [D] gotta fly.
[Em] Gotta [Dbm] be going to that [Gbm] mall shop [B] in [Ab]
the [E] sky.
Beauty school dropout, go back to high school.
Beauty school dropout, go back to high [Dbm] school.
[E] Beauty school [Dbm] dropout, [E] go back to high school.
Key:
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B
Eb
Bb
Cm
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Eb
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
Your story sad to tell, [Fm] a teenage ne'er [Bb] do well,
[Gm] Most mixed up, non [Cm]-delinquent, on [Fm] the block.
_ _ _ [Gm] Your future so unclear [C] now, [Ab] what's left of your [Db] career now?
Can't [Eb] even get a trade in [B] on your smile.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Beauty school dropout, [Cm] _ [Fm] no graduation day [Bb] for you.
[Eb] Beauty school [Cm] dropout, [Ab] missed your midterms and [Bb] flunked shampoo.
[Eb] Well, at least you [Cm] could have taken time [Fm] to wash and [Bb] clean your clothes up.
[Gm] After spending [Cm] all that dough that I [Fm] have, the doctor [Bb] fixed your nose up.
[Eb] Baby, get moving.
[Cm] Why [Fm] keep your feeble hopes [Bb] alive?
What [Eb] are you proving?
[Cm] _ [Ab] You've got the dream, but [Bb] not the drive.
[Eb] If you go for your diploma, [Ab] you could join a [Db] steno crew.
Turn [Eb] in your T's and comb and go back to high school.
[Cm] _ _ [B] _ _
Beauty [E] school dropout, [Dbm] hanging [Gbm] around the corner [B] store.
Beauty [E] school dropout, [Dbm] _ _ [A] you knew [B] the score.
[E] Well, they couldn't teach [Dbm] you anything.
[Gbm] You'd think you're such [B] a lucker, but [Abm] no customer [Dbm] would go to you,
[Gbm] unless she was a [Db] hooker. _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] Baby, [E] don't sweat it.
[Dbm] You're not [Gbm] cut out to [B] hold a job.
Better [E] forget it.
[Dbm] Who [A] wants their hair done [B] by a slob?
[E] Now your bangs are curled, your lashes [A] twirled.
Still the [D] world is cruel.
Wipe off that angel face, go back [E] to high school.
[B] _ [E] Baby, don't blow it.
[Dbm] _ [Gbm] Don't put my good [B] advice to shame.
[E] Baby, you know it.
_ [A] Even dear Ivy would [B] say the same.
[E] Now I've called the shot, get off the pot.
[A] I really [D] gotta fly.
_ [Em] Gotta [Dbm] be going to that [Gbm] mall shop [B] in [Ab]
the _ [E] _ sky. _ _ _
_ Beauty school dropout, go back to high school.
Beauty school dropout, go back to high [Dbm] school.
[E] Beauty school [Dbm] dropout, [E] go back to high school. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Your story sad to tell, [Fm] a teenage ne'er [Bb] do well,
[Gm] Most mixed up, non [Cm]-delinquent, on [Fm] the block.
_ _ _ [Gm] Your future so unclear [C] now, [Ab] what's left of your [Db] career now?
Can't [Eb] even get a trade in [B] on your smile.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Beauty school dropout, [Cm] _ [Fm] no graduation day [Bb] for you.
[Eb] Beauty school [Cm] dropout, [Ab] missed your midterms and [Bb] flunked shampoo.
[Eb] Well, at least you [Cm] could have taken time [Fm] to wash and [Bb] clean your clothes up.
[Gm] After spending [Cm] all that dough that I [Fm] have, the doctor [Bb] fixed your nose up.
[Eb] Baby, get moving.
[Cm] Why [Fm] keep your feeble hopes [Bb] alive?
What [Eb] are you proving?
[Cm] _ [Ab] You've got the dream, but [Bb] not the drive.
[Eb] If you go for your diploma, [Ab] you could join a [Db] steno crew.
Turn [Eb] in your T's and comb and go back to high school.
[Cm] _ _ [B] _ _
Beauty [E] school dropout, [Dbm] hanging [Gbm] around the corner [B] store.
Beauty [E] school dropout, [Dbm] _ _ [A] you knew [B] the score.
[E] Well, they couldn't teach [Dbm] you anything.
[Gbm] You'd think you're such [B] a lucker, but [Abm] no customer [Dbm] would go to you,
[Gbm] unless she was a [Db] hooker. _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] Baby, [E] don't sweat it.
[Dbm] You're not [Gbm] cut out to [B] hold a job.
Better [E] forget it.
[Dbm] Who [A] wants their hair done [B] by a slob?
[E] Now your bangs are curled, your lashes [A] twirled.
Still the [D] world is cruel.
Wipe off that angel face, go back [E] to high school.
[B] _ [E] Baby, don't blow it.
[Dbm] _ [Gbm] Don't put my good [B] advice to shame.
[E] Baby, you know it.
_ [A] Even dear Ivy would [B] say the same.
[E] Now I've called the shot, get off the pot.
[A] I really [D] gotta fly.
_ [Em] Gotta [Dbm] be going to that [Gbm] mall shop [B] in [Ab]
the _ [E] _ sky. _ _ _
_ Beauty school dropout, go back to high school.
Beauty school dropout, go back to high [Dbm] school.
[E] Beauty school [Dbm] dropout, [E] go back to high school. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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